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Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on February 11, 1909, Joseph Leo Mankiewicz first worked for the movies as a translator of intertitles, employed by Paramount in Berlin, the UFA's American distributor at the time (1928). He became a dialoguist, then a screenwriter on numerous Paramount productions in Hollywood, most of them Jack Oakie vehicles. Still in his 20s, he produced first-class MGM films, including The Philadelphia Story (1940). Having left Metro after a dispute with studio chief Louis B. Mayer over Judy Garland, he then worked for Darryl F. Zanuck at 20th Century-Fox, producing The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), when Ernst Lubitsch's illness first brought him to the director's chair for Dragonwyck (1946). Mankiewicz directed 20 films in a 26-year period, successfully attempted every kind of movie from Shakespeare adaptation to western, from urban sociological drama to musical, from epic film with thousands of extras to a two-character picture. A Letter to Three Wives (1949) and All About Eve (1950) brought him wide recognition along with two Academy Awards for each as a writer and a director, seven years after his elder brother Herman J. Mankiewicz won Best Screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941). His more intimate films like The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), The Barefoot Contessa (1954)--his only original screenplay--and The Honey Pot (1967) are major artistic achievements as well, showing Mankiewicz as a witty dialoguist, a master in the use of flashback and a talented actors' director (he favored English actors and had in Rex Harrison a kind of alter-ego on the screen).- Roxanne Kernohan greatly enlivened a handful of hugely enjoyable late 80s horror, science fiction and exploitation pictures. Born on March 20th in 1960, Kernohan first began acting in the late 80s. She portrayed a victim in the crummy slasher dud "Fatal Pulse" and a feisty warrior woman in the deliciously cheesy post-nuke sci-fi flick "Phoenix the Warrior." Roxanne played sex workers in both "Angel III: The Final Chapter" and the campy "Not of This Earth" remake. Kernohan's most memorable screen role was a "Playboy" centerfold which comes to life (complete with staple in her stomach!) in "Critters 2: The Main Course." She had a small part in the big budget mainstream buddy cop action movie "Tango and Cash." Roxanne appeared as herself in the funny "Scream Queen Hot Tub Party," the excellent "The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years," and the steamy "Playboy: Sexy Lingerie." Roxanne Kernohan died at the tragically young age of 32 from injuries acquired in an automobile accident on February 5th, 1993.
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Tip Tipping was born on 13 February 1958 in England, UK. He was an actor, known for Aliens (1986), Lifeforce (1985) and Brazil (1985). He died on 5 February 1993 in Brunton, Northumberland, England, UK.- Actress
Raeme Patterson was born on 13 March 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress. She died on 5 February 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Joseph Medaglia was a Franciscan priest who played "Father Carmelo" in The Godfather and The Godfather Part II. In The Godfather he is seen in the famous baptism scene, and in The Godfather Part II he is shown administering young Anthony Corleone's first communion and later at the lakeside party celebrating the communion.
According to an article in the Tampa Bay Times (July 24, 1993, retrieved online May 16, 2022), Father Medaglia met his wife Marilyn in 1991, while still a parish priest in upstate New York, after having served as a priest for 30 years. The two married in December 1992, in a civil ceremony. Medaglia later was transferred to a parish in West Virginia, and after acknowledging his marriage to his superiors, Medaglia was dismissed from the Franciscan order, which requires priests to be celibate. On February 5, 1993, at age 59, Medaglia died of a heart attack, which his wife attributed to the stress of trying to remain a priest after he married. He is buried in Calvary Cemetary, Woodside, N.Y. - William McKeever Riley was born on 10 September 1928 in New York, USA. He was an actor. He died on 5 February 1993 in Florida, USA.
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Sidney Bernstein was born on 30 January 1899 in Romford, Essex, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for Memory of the Camps (2014), Frontline (1983) and Sidney Bernstein Welcomes Phonofilm (1926). He was married to Sandra Marlone. He died on 5 February 1993 in London, England, UK.- Actor
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Milton Bronson met Lou Costello while performing vaudeville. They formed a friendship which lasted until Lou's death in 1959. He then worked as the entertainment manager at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas until his retirement in the '70s. He then became a manager for Cyd Charisse and Tony Martin in 1975.- Kevin Casselman was born on 7 April 1925 in Indiana, USA. He was a producer, known for Fantasies (1981). He died on 5 February 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Angelo Pennoni was born on 15 May 1922 in Gualdo Tadino, Perugia, Italy. He was an actor, known for Umberto D. (1952), Crime Busters (1977) and The Island of the Fishmen (1979). He died on 5 February 1993 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Albert Russel Erskine was born on 19 April 1911 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. He died on 5 February 1993 in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA.